protolanguage

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(prō′tō lang′gwij)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pro•to•lan•guage  (prō′tō lang′gwij),USA pronunciation n. [Ling.]
  1. Linguisticsthe reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
  • proto- + language 1945–50

'protolanguage' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Na-Dene - Penutian - Urheimat - primitive - proto-form

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